Ashfield , October 2, 1865. My Dear Meta , — . . . After a long silence occasioned by the war I have lately had one or two notes from R...

My heart is as full as it can be. I did not know till it was lifted this morning how heavy a load we had been bearing. I think of all thos...

Cambridge, Mass ., December 27, 1864. . . . Your last letter was very welcome, and should have been sooner answered had not I been too ...

Sunday evening, 25 September, 1864. . . . We had a pleasant Club dinner yesterday.   . . . Sumner has toned down greatly since it seems...

Shady Hill , October 18,1864. . . . When I got home last Wednesday night I found a telegram from Goldwin Smith to say that he had been ...

Home , 6 September, 1864. I have just read your paper on Hawthorne, and am greatly pleased with it. Your analysis of his mental and mor...

Ashfield , 10 August, 1864. . . . George Curtis spent last Sunday with us, and desired me not to forget to send you his love. He was ve...

Ashfield, Mass ., 24 July, 1864. . . . This week, let us hope, we shall hear that Sherman is in Atlanta, and that he is breaking up the...

Ashfield , 14 July, 1864. Your notes are so pleasant and add to the worth of our evening mail so much that I wish you would write to me...

ASHFIELD, July 7,1864. My Dearest James , — We are having such a pleasant quiet time that I wish you were with us. The house we are in ...

Shady Hill , Class Day, 24 June, 1864. . . . The Baltimore Convention 1 did its duty well, and the air has cleared a good deal since i...

Cambridge, Mass ., 24 January, 1864. My Dear Olmsted , — . . . Mr. Lincoln continues to gain the confidence of the people, and it looks...

Shady Hill , Thursday, 10 December, 1863. . . . Last night we went to hear Beecher. He spoke admirably, and it was a great pleasure to ...

Shady Hill , 16 October, 1863. I heartily and with all my heart rejoice with you in the result of Tuesday's elections. All our conf...

Shady Hill Monday evening, 21 September, 1863. . . . I was glad to see Olmsted, 1 but I wish I had known him before he was just goin...

Shady Hill , 3 September, 1863. It is pleasant to think of you as so near us. It would be much pleasanter to have you with us, — especi...

Shady Hill , 9 March, 1863. . . . The Democrats seem to me to have come to a consciousness of their danger. They are now setting themse...

Shady Hill , 26 February, 1863. . . . It was pleasant to hear from you of your visit to Philadelphia, and to hear from John, 1 on the ...

Shady Hill , 1 February, 1863. Here is our prospectus. If at any time you want to secure a still wider circulation for any one of your ...

Shady Hill , 30 January, 1863. One busy day has succeeded another since you were here till I am at last reduced to a condition in which...